What share of teenagers in Serra are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Serra, 84.4% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 93rd lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Serra?

97.3% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Serra passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 257.5 in mathematics and 260.6 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Serra, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 98.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Serra were attending school, the 134th lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 1361st lowest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Espírito Santo state: 98.5%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

98.3%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.0

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.2

2025

How many young children in Serra attend pre-school or crèche?

89.1% of children aged 4 and 5 in Serra attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 140th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 33.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 141st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 33.9%).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

What is the Ideb score of Serra?

Public primary schools in Serra scored 6.0 on the Ideb, the Ministry of Education's 0-10 index of pass rates and test results, for the early years (1st to 5th grade) in 2025, the 131st lowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 5.6 in 2023 and 5.7 in 2019.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do 5th-graders in Serra do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 98.3% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Serra's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 223.1 in mathematics and 214.1 in Portuguese on the national Saeb tests (Brazil: 227.4 and 215.1).

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do public schools in Serra score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Serra's public schools scored 5.2 on the 2025 Ideb, the 111th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 4.8 in 2023.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

Are city or state schools better in Serra?

In the 6th to 9th grades, schools run by the city of Serra scored 4.9 on the 2025 Ideb and schools run by Espírito Santo state in the city scored 5.5.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How Serra compares with other cities in Brazil

Children aged 6-14 attending school (%) (2022)

Serra ranks 187 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
184	Caxias	98.4%
185	Ji-Paraná	98.4%
186	Almirante Tamandaré	98.4%
187	Serra	98.3%
188	Birigui	98.3%
189	Niterói	98.3%
190	Barreiras	98.3%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%) (2022)

Serra ranks 140 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
137	Lauro de Freitas	89.3%
138	São Mateus	89.3%
139	Ituiutaba	89.2%
140	Serra	89.1%
141	Barbacena	89.0%
142	Palmas	89.0%
143	Resende	88.9%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%) (2022)

Serra ranks 228 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
225	Mogi Guaçu	84.5%
226	Hortolândia	84.5%
227	Fortaleza	84.5%
228	Serra	84.4%
229	Campinas	84.3%
230	João Pessoa	84.3%
231	São Vicente	84.3%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade (2025)

Serra ranks 190 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
187	Brasília	6.0
188	São Luís	6.0
189	Contagem	6.0
190	Serra	6.0
191	Campina Grande	6.0
192	Uberaba	6.0
193	Itajaí	6.0

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade (2025)

Serra ranks 111 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
108	Fortaleza	5.2
109	Belo Horizonte	5.2
110	Aparecida de Goiânia	5.2
111	Serra	5.2
112	São José do Rio Preto	5.2
113	Vila Velha	5.2
114	Caxias do Sul	5.2

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school late years (6th-9th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a54ddd30107…)
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school early years (1st-5th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e132cd0ab831…)
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Censo Demográfico 2022: gross school attendance rate by age group (0-3, 4-5, 6-14 and 15-17), Brazil, states and municipalities (SIDRA table 10056), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4966e323affd…)

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